'Ugly' mom sues ABC for nixing makeover

[Mrs. Tuberski]

No she isnt hideous. Not a super model but not hideous. BC what are u gona burn down, and do any of us who know need to enter the witness protection program??

[Flubber]

Re: Re: the woman in question

Originally posted by BlackCat


Quite agree - no reason to look the other way or run away screaming. She actually looks kind of cute.

She definitely isn't that bad looking-- I wouldn't go so far as to say I would call her cute though

Originally posted by BlackCat

Still, the tv comp make a promise and breaks it -

LOts of folks break promises, Maybe they owe her the makeover but the death odf the is just way out there to pin on ABC

I think they should have done her makeover just from a PR point of view from the outset even if they had no legal obligation

[aneeshm]

This is plain immoral .

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I dont know if this sounds crass but it is worth saying. I wonder if this one that counts as a price u pay for airing ur dirty laundry in public?? I feel for this lady and her family what the net work did was wrong, but if u set your self up for free stuff in the eye of the public who says it all has to be all good??? You must be willing to accpet the good with the ut most horror. The idea that her sister killed her self because of this is what bothers me. I seem to think there were alot more problems in the girls life then her calling her sister ugly out loud. Believe me i am not trying to be insenstive but this is a bit way the hell ou there..

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
They were "pushed" to say the real opinion they had about her

QFT

[Boris Godunov]

I think this is an awful situation and I wish her luck in the suit on the merits of breach of contract and such, but I don't buy that this in any way made her sister commit suicide. Her sister was obviously emotionally ****ed up well before this, and I sincerely doubt they can conclusively link the show to her death. My guess is she would have offed herself regardless.

[DaShi]

Wait! People watch ABC?

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Winston
People are stupid to even want to associate themselves with such stupid 'shows'.

Not that I read the whole stupid piece, mind you.

Plus cosmetic surgery in general. You guessed it: Stupid.

You're stupid.

[Drake Tungsten]

Originally posted by laurentius
ABC no bengoshi desu.

Well, that was random...

[Gatekeeper]

Those f*ckers at ABC deserve to be bankrupted for what they did.

[Odin]

Burning ABC at the stake:

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Those f*ckers at ABC deserve to be bankrupted for what they did.

This thread is an example of why jury trials in civil matters are a bad idea .....

sheeeesh-- ABC made a promise to give someone a freebie and then broke it-- Could they be liable for providing said freebie ? Perhaps . . . depends on terms of the contractual relationship. Should they have given the makeover-- yes but then again every guy should call their latest conquest if he said he would . ..

Do they have any liability because a relative is distraught that they did not provide said freebie? Not on any reasonable construction of law that I am aware of.


Was the show a bunch of asswipes?? hell yes

Is there legal liability for being a bunch of asswipes? usually not and thank heavens for that since we would need even more lawyers and NOBODY wants THAT

[Q Classic]

Actually, I'd like to see them win against the producers.

Not because I think they deserve it, or because they necessarily have a legal rigth to, but because shows like this pollute my airwaves, are broadcast through my body (well, the em waves are), and are nothing more than unadulterated ****.

If they lose big, and are forced off the air, I'll count that as a victory.

[Imran Siddiqui]

And then people complain about lawyers and the money they make .

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Oh man this woman my be fubarred. The network and disney those are the ones being sued, Have aired on the news that it isin the contract that all particpants are told their makeover may not happen in advance. If this is true i think the network as coverd their asses.